Photos:: Tony Awards 2014: Show highlights

The cast of “Beautiful” performs onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Bryan Cranston accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for “All the Way.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

T.I., from left, Hugh Jackman and LL Cool J bring hip-hop flair onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

The cast of “Bullets Over Broadway” performs onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Nick Cordero and Helene Yorke and the cast “Bullets Over Broadway” perform. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)

Audra McDonald accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” It was her record sixth Tony Award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)

Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” get rowdy onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Director Kenny Leon, right, speaks onstage alongside the cast of “A Raisin in the Sun,” which won best revival of a play. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actor Jefferson Mays performs “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)

Lisa O’Hare, Bryce Pinkham and Lauren Worsham of “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

Hugh Jackman presents Jessie Mueller with the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for “Beautiful.”

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Producer David Binder accepts the award for best revival of a musical with the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actors Leighton Meester, left, and Tony Goldwyn. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Sting performs the title song from his upcoming musical “The Last Ship” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Host Hugh Jackman breaks out a pose. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Singer Carole King speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)

Gladys Knight, left, Fantasia Barrino and Patti Labelle perform with the cast of “After Midnight.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Gladys Knight gets into the swing of things onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Neil Patrick Harris accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

Terence Archie and the cast of “Rocky” get physical onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

The cast of “Rocky” box it out onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )

Mark Rylance accepts the award for best actor in a featured role for “Twelfth Night.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Tina Fey, from left, Kevin Bacon and Kate Mara share a backstage moment. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

Kyle Scatliffe performs with the cast of “Les Miserables.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Nikki M. James performs onstage with the cast of “Les Miserables.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actress Lucy Liu speaks onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )

Film director-actor Clint Eastwood presents an award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Recording artists LL Cool J, left, and T.I. strike a pose backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Playwright Harvey Fierstein speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Sophie Okonedo speaks after winning the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “A Raisin in the Sun.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Andy Karl and the cast of “Rocky” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

A cast member of “Rocky” is aglow onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )

The cast of “Rocky” perform onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )

Emilio and Gloria Estefan speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

RuPaul speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Matt Bomer and Zachary Quinto speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)

Actors Orlando Bloom and Anna Gunn. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Aussie actor and host of the evening Hugh Jackman, center, and the cast of “After Midnight” perform.

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Rosie O’Donnell accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Brian Ronan accepts the award for best sound design of a musical for the Carole King musical “Beautiful.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actress Jessie Mueller, left, and singer Carole King perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

Actress Emmy Rossum. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actors Patrick Wilson and Judith Light speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actors Jenni Barber, left, and Christine Dwyer of “Wicked” pose backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)

Host Hugh Jackman busts out a dance move. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actors James Monroe Iglehart, left, and Adam Jacobs perform a scene from “Aladdin.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Actor Alan Cumming speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Lena Hall accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a feature role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Alan Cumming and the cast of “Cabaret” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Alan Cumming makes his “Cabaret” emcee come alive onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

James Monroe Iglehart accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for “Aladdin.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Actors Fran Drescher and Zachary Levi speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Idina Menzel performs songs from “If/Then” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Recording artist Jennifer Hudson stands tall backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )

Actors Ethan Hawke and Vera Farmiga speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Costume designer Jane Greenwood accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Darko Tresnjak accepts the Tony Award for best direction of a musical for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)